I guess I'll be meeting him this August when he hold our first ever Hong Kong Coin Conference in the center of Hong Kong. I'm sure it will be the highlight of both our lives. Thanks for your continued interest in the project and make sure to stop back for updates.
P.S. have you figured out that Lil Buddy is not only stealing from the faucet, but he's also mining, and buying HKC. He's the one putting in the Buy Orders for 1, and he even posted the photo evidence in this thread!
Thanks for the response. Getting the coin up on a Chinese exchange certainly would move things along a bit.
As far as premines go, I wouldn't necessarily call all large premines a scam either. One knock against this coin is that the premine probably isn't even large enough to make a difference. Of course, if it was a larger premine, people would yell 'scam' ... so you can't win either way.
As for cryptobuddy, I have wondered if he was the fellow scooping the coins up at 1. The only reason people typically troll like that is to either buy in cheap, or they are truly deranged. Honestly not sure which is the case at this point. In some ways he may have helped the coin, by bumping it up. The reason people may think it was a ninja launch is because it got so little attention -- buried amongst other nation coins. For myself, I found the faucet idea interesting, bought some coins, sold some of them when the price was okay-ish... so am at a minor profit regardless of what I do with the rest.
A couple of tips, which you can feel free to ignore:
Have the dev outline how the coin will be used and what purpose it will serve.
Show how the coin is getting some publicity. If nobody in Hong Kong knows about it, who is even using the faucet (besides a handful of crypto people)?
If the coin has no actual use in Hong Kong, it's no better than most meme coins.
And to deal with cryptobuddy, show an example of why this isn't a coingen coin. Change the client/fork or whatever, add new features, do something where it's indesputable that it can't be coingen. I have no idea what are the hallmarks of a coingen coin, so am not sure what to recommend there.
And if the dev really wanted to quiet cryptobuddy, upload a copy of his birth certificate, with all personal info/locations out (besides HK). Not that I expect it'd even matter, as trolls tend to find new things to harp on about. But at least it's one less thing.
Finally, not so sure it's a great idea to keep calling the dev 'Dear Leader'. I keep thinking of N. Korea when that phrase is brought up ... probably not the association most would want.
Haha. I was just joking about the nickname. Saying 'The Dev' over and over starts to get old. Maybe one day coin devs will be able to reveal their true indentities, but I haven't seen any trend towards that lately. Only an insane person would upload birth certificates to this shit-hole. Can we be honest here?
No matter what document 'The Dev' uploads, it won't be good enough for critics.
You bring up valid points. I really think this coin should not confused with 'country coins.'
The country coin format is this:
1) 50% pre-mined done under the guise of 'helping others.'
2) An imaginary air drop that won't take place.
3) Lots of fan fare and hoopla about prices at ridiculous levels per coin because of the imaginary, inflated market cap.
That's not what this coin is. It's not going to save anyone and it isn't designed to.
The bottom line is this: people have to choose to mine or invest in whatever coin they want to. If the Team here hasn't done enough to win people's trust and inspire confidence, than we can't succeed. That's true of every coin out there.
As far as I'm concerned, HKC is now extremely under-valued.
I personally will buy the entire supply of this coin at 1 Sat. I mean every single block ever solved and every block ever solved in the future. I'm also sharing the wealth with the loyalists who are mining the coin. They're the only ones I care about. I'm here to support them in every way I can. Once I own every last coin (except the ones that The Dev gives away) I'm confident I'll see a huge return way beyond 1 Sat.
It no longer matters to me who believes in this coin. My pride has been invoked and I will stop at NOTHING to continue this project.
Thanks for stopping by and adding some intelligent discussion to the thread. Hopefully 'The Dev' will answer you in more detail when he returns. In the meantime, its block cracking time